Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-03-16
TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE.

fix attorneys fees, Notwithstanding written
agreement; preventing foreign attarHeys fore
closing mortgages; providing for the rcgistrs.
ton of voters in cities and towns of over 4U
voters; rcimbursing the owners of stock killed
by order Of the Board of Health in Ohvet,
Union and other counties, the amounts being
considerably reduced.
Collins railroad bill came up as the special
order. The section was stricken out giving
commissioners absolute power to fix rates.
This turned certain friends against the bill,
and it was defeated on tic vote, but subse-
quently reconsidered, further amended ro-
garding the compensation and expenses Of
the commission, and finally passed unsni-
mously,
The House passed Council bills; the House
| bill appropriating $4,000 for the reconstrnc~
tion OF the Madison Norifiol buildings with the
necessary amendments; the Hoasa bill relnt-
ing to the Territorial militia; appropriating
Eaes6, COO for the maintenance of Vermliion Unit
,yersity appropriating S5300O for the main
tenaSce aud improvements OF Grand Forks
stP%5spsssnsr q &c a. sr. sss 1s
sRapssls sess.sa n Normal r .ssssi ssa
I appropriating $a4,0O for the main.
| tenance of the Madison Normal school;
| struction Of bridges across navigable streams;
| authorizing railroad companies to appoint
| police oiicers pertaining to the compensation
| Of Commissioners for stock brands and marks;
| creating public examiner for North and
| South Dakota; extending the usury laws 10
the Black Hills Country; providing for an ex-
| perimental station at Brooking College; relat-
| ing to damages by vicious dogs; also appro-
| priaing S3S, 900 for the maintenance of the
Sioux Falls Deaf Mute School; sppropriating
Insane Hospital; appropriatns $50, 600 for the
maintenance OF the 1ankton Hospital Ad-
| journed
The Governor cent in the following nomi-
nations on the 9th; Attorney General, G. F.
| Templeton of Fargo; Public Examiner, Maj
and Chas. N Harris, of Aberdeen, for South
Dakota The Goysrnor nominated the follow
ing directors of BisrIiarak penitentiary: W.
D. McCabe, of jamestown; H. C. Plpmley. OF
Fargo; I. L. Shattuck, of Fargo; John Rus
sell, of Valley City. Mr. Mckenzie, OF Bis
following Couneil bills: Approprating funds
to pay the deficiency due militia; regarding
! cities having exclusive control of the liquor
traffic; providing for collecting licenses OF
foreigners conducting public laundries; pro.
viding for foreclosure Of mortgages by action;
amending the law relating to rape; requiring
resident plaintiffs TO give security for
costs, providing for the taxation of bank
stocks; fixing the time of Independent school
district elections; relating to attachment when
credit is obtained on false prctense;
providing five truetoes for the Plankinton
Normal School; memorial for the division OF
the Bismarck Land Districts; joint resolution
| relating to division and and admission The
| Council passed House bills appropriatin
$l4, eco for the improvement Of the Sioux Falls
Prison; appropriatng funds for the main
tenance of the Sioux Falls Penitentiary; re-
vising the militia law and appropriating $3, 800
for the expenses of the Adjutant- General .
| Office. AT the evening session Council bills
passed requiring defendant to give bonds for
rent in certain cases; appropriating $3.50 to
Joanna Milton for services at the New Orleans
Exposition; appropriating $4,000 for the ex-
penses of the Commissioners of Immigration; ;
requiring insurance companies to bring and
defend suits in the county where the loss oc-
Cured. House bills passed providing PEN
atty for notaries public acting without nti-
thority; amending the law relating to the
redemption of property sold for delinquent
taxes; an appropriation for the ma,nten.
ance OF the Grand Forks University reduced
to $4,000; appropriating $4,000 for Yer
million university; permitting county boards
to pay bounty for killing gophers: appropriat-
ing S25, COO for the maintenance Of the Madi-
son normal school; providing not moro than
fifty bushels Of seed grain for each sufferer y
"A 1s9athk - lAs& yaax; appropriating .12&0M
FOR the maintenance of the Spearfsh normal
school; approprating sls5,o00 for buildings
for the insane. The Governor vetoed the bill
relating to the registration Of mar
riages on account of uncertain phrase
oiogy.. The house passed bills aap-
propriating sg2, 600 bonds for additional build
ings at the Yankton hospital for the insane;
appropriatins sla5, 600 for an additional build,
ing for the jamestown hospital for the insane
appropriating Sl4 600 for the improvement OF
the Sioux Falls penitentiary; prohibiting the
procurement of chattel mortgage applications
for insurance The Governor vetoed the bill
requiring the recording of certain documents
OF probate court BECAUSE Of indefiniteness.
The house passed council bills providing for
an allowance of 81 800 for each Judge of the
Supreme Court for travelling expenses an
nually; appropliating funds for the mainte-
nance of Brookings college; relating to county
mutual insurance companies; appropriating
funds for the maintenance of the Rapid City
school of MINES; providing five directors for
the Plankinton reform school; also appropri
ating 500 coo bonds for the improvement OF
the Bismarck penitentiary At the evening
session the House went into Committee Of the
Who,e for consideration Of general orders. A
number OF bills were passed on and when the
question OF the adoption OF the report came up
there was considerable flibustering, particri-
larly regarding the bill practically repeating
the gross earnings law. The house finally ad-
| journed near midnight
la the Council on the 10th, Council bills
passed allowing religions and educational in
corporations an increase of directors TO twenty.
one; authorizing County Commissioners &c
compromise delinquent taxes at not less than
one quarter thereof; for the publication OF
laws in newspapers; appropriating Sl60OU
for improvements of jamestown Hospital for
the Insane; increasing the Territorial Treas
urer's bond to S250,000; giving the Governors
Office 81 600 annu llly for clerk hire permit
ting the Governor to remove public examiners.
House bills passed. To insure better educa-
ton of dentists; also relating to false pedi
grees of animals; appropriating $3,0U
for finishing and improvements of the Vermil-
Agricultural and Territorial Fairs; for sup
pressing pluero-pneumonia; for suppressine
sheep diseases; authorizing the erection oil
County Buildings;, appropriating s2,OoO for
the encouragement Of horticulture The
House continued the contestaon the repeal OF
the gross earnings law, and the friends Of re-
! peal finally triumphed. The bill will come uE
for passage in the regular order. The House
passed Council bills appropriating $2OW
bonds for the Springfield Normal School; pc!
mitting the funding OF outstanding school
bonds; relating to cases OF foreclosure oi
mortgage by advertisements; regulating the
practice OF pharmacy.
The Governor vetoed the House bill relating
to Soldiers Home at Ho. Springs the appro-
priation being inadequate and the Home moi
needed.
, The Council confirmed Tempeton, Attorney
General, ana Harris, Public Examiner. MAI.
Edwards nomination az Public Examiner was
withdrawn, and Estyler, Of Fargo, appointed.
tiary bosrd and the following: Plankinton
reform school board Stevens, Of Piankinton
HAMPER of Mitchell; Kinsclla, Of Kimball
Anderson, of Volgs; Distad OF Mitchell.
The sensation on the llth, the closing day
Of the Legislature. was the contest in the
Council ovct the Capitol building debt. The
bill was passed by Is to 8. 1t proposes the
redemption Of outstanding warrants by pei
cant. fvr-year funding warrants. The Gov
ernor refused to sign it. The matter was
finally compromised by making warrants pay.
able only from funds created by the sale OF pro.
pofty donated for the building OF the Capito
Another contest occurred over the seed-grair
Sll aRproprlasas sl3oon for sufferers 1y
respects by the Council and finally passed
The Council confirmed the Governors nomin
atoms, L. w. Caldwell and G. H. Price, com
pliers Of statutes, and Twombley. director oi
Grand Forks University.
In the House high license bill passed, thu
Council making the minimum figure $500 ant
maximum $1,000. The House passed large
number Of bills and the proceedings were
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